As polls begin to open across the state, one Miss
Alabama candidate is encouraging her fellow
students and community members to vote.
In the Miss Alabama Organization, each candidate is required to select an area of community service that is important to them, this is called a Social Impact Initiative. Tiffany Millan, Miss UAB, said she aims to increase voter participation among the
community through her Social Impact Initiative.
“My platform is called The Importance of voting,” Millan said. “I get people registered to vote, but it’s also about instilling confidence in my peers so that they’re able to talk about what they believe in.”
Millan said she aims to reduce the negative stigma that surrounds the discussion of politics.
“Nowadays, there’s so much negativity around politics and people are afraid to have different opinions or they don’t like talking about politics because they’re afraid it’s going to start an argument,” Millan said. “It makes me really sad to think that we can’t have conversations that we need to have without getting upset with one another.”
Through Millan’s Social Impact Initiative, she also provides resources to students and members of the community.
“We do get people registered to vote, but we also do educational events.” Millan said. “We do events where people can see who they’re voting for. We have offered tests and different links so people can see what side they fall onto or see what the presidential candidates’ platforms are and how they compare.”
Millan said she encourages students to let their voices be heard, because each vote makes a difference.
“Your opinion matters more than you think,” Millan said. “I know a lot of people don’t go out to vote, because they think ‘well, my vote isn’t going to matter, I’m only one person,’ but if everyone thinks that way, then we have a larger amount of people who won’t go out to the polls.”
